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October 12, 2014

Fourth Sunday on the
Path of Emptying

Reflection by The Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt

Annapolis Friends Meeting House

351 Dubois Road, Annapolis

Gathering Leaders:

Set-up/Put away: Sylvia Oliva

Greeter/Usher: Sylvia Oliva
Reader/Communion Assistant: Sylvia Oliva
Offering Invitation: Dave Miller
Community Hour Hostess: Suzie Robertson

We continue our progressive spiritual journey!

Sunday, October 12 Event of Special Interest to
Evolve Chesapeake at the

United Church of Christ of Annapolis (UCCA):

10:30 AM Morning Worship at UCCA

Followed by Coffee and Evolve Forum in Fellowship Hall

WEEKLY FOOD/GOODS COLLECTION

Please help those in need by donating pantry staples (tinned meat and fish, boxed pasta products, infant formula, etc.) as well as personal care products such as laundry detergent, toilet paper, disposable razors, bath/shower soap, dish soap, deodorant, toothpaste, and feminine hygiene products. (You can't purchase non-edibles with food stamps.)

CROP Walk to End Hunger--Severna Park

Sunday, October 12 beginning at 1:00 PM

Register to walk or make a contribution to someone walking as part of the United Church of Christ of Annapolis Team. Click here.

October 16, Third Thursday Community Dinner

at the United Church of Christ of Annapolis

8 Carvel Circle, Edgewater, Maryland
Please RSVP to office@uccannapolis.org

October Covenant Dates

Birthdays, Anniversaries, Covenant Dates

Oct. 1 Meta Ann Snyder Death (1998)
Oct. 7 Suzanne B. Hickmon Death (2000)
Oct. 10 Suzanne B. Hickmon Birthday (d. 2000)
Oct. 10 Sylvia Oliva Birthday
Oct. 15 Velma Blitch Birthday (d. 1999)
Oct. 18 Jack Spencer Birthday
Oct. 19 Wayne E. Schwandt Birthday
Oct. 21 Chuck Riley Birthday
Oct. 23 Tim Mortimore & John Petrosillo Wedding (2010)
Oct. 23 Chuck Riley & Wayne E. Schwandt CA Wedding ('08)
Oct. 29 Dennis L. Myers Birthday (d. 2011)
Oct. 29 Patrick Edward Price Birthday (2007)
Oct. 29 Daniel Teitjen Schellhorn Birthday (d. 2008)

we are a circle within a circle with no beginning and never-ending

Chanting is a powerful practice of embodiment!!

Evolve Chesapeake's chant circle
will meet October 26 at 4:00 PM

Candidate's Forum for County Executive

Monday, October 13, 7-9 pm

Congregation Kneseth Israel Synagogue

1125 Spa Rd, Annapolis (corner of Spa Rd. and Hilltop Lane)

Moderator: Susan Kopen Katcef. Presented by: League of Women Voters; Council of Jewish Women; Association of University Women. For more information click on: info@aa.lwvmd.org

From Erine

This is the pumpkin I painted for my niece's birthday card. Who would think that a paper towel could be an interesting art material! I enjoyed painting.

A Correction: Please excuse the mistake in my column last week. The town mentioned should have been Pearlington, Mississippi, not Pennington.

EVOLVE CHESAPEAKE'S

FALL COMMUNITY MEETING

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 3:30 to 5:30 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House Worship Room

Please mark your calendars and come. Among the agenda items will be votes concerning affiliation with the United Church of Christ of Annapolis and our proposed 2015 budget. All Companions are encouraged to attend this important meeting and participate in the discussion, but only members may vote. You may download the meeting packet, which includes the Agenda, Secretary's Minutes of our Spring Community Meeting, Treasurer's Reports as of August 31, 2014, and a Proposed FY2015 Budget, by clicking here.

between the doors by Susan Windle

it may seem like a narrow place

all things are possible

i don't mean my house or yours

i don't mean inside or out

that space between

is where i'll meet you

let's stop this back and forth

let's stay right here

in the doorway

where all wars cease

where nothing much could happen

but we can not know the size

of openings we do not see

nor feel the breadth of

that which waits for us

the other side of what seems

impossible

Creation Spirituality Communities is a network of communities ranging from intentional groups to alternative churches, which are grounded in the tenents of Creation Spirituality and revere the sacredness of all creation. Through study, ritual, celebration and action, these communities support justice, compassion, transforma- tion and sustainability for the Universe and for all living beings. It is both tradition and movement, celebrated by mystics and agents of social change from every age and culture. To join our online community, Chesapeake Creation Spirituality Community, click on: http://originalblessing.ning.com

Find more about this at www.hrc.org/NCOD.

Help Support Evolve Chesapeake's Ministries

Shop or Search Online with the iGive Button. Join iGive and be a part of the first and largest online network of shoppers, online stores, and worthy causes dedicated to turning online shipping into much- needed donations. iGive is totally free. You can also raise a penny per search at iGive every time you search the web. Try iGive's search engine and you'll see that fundraising for Evolve Chesapeake can be easy and free. Click here for more information about iGive.

As of Oct. 9th Evolve Chesapeake has earned $1,654.42 through iGive!

Check out the books and photo cards.

On our Welcome Table in the lobby there are books for sale by Bruce Chilton, Matthew Fox, John Shelby Spong, Marcus Borg and others. You'll also find Rick Dove's large selection of nature photography. See one of his photos at bottom of this newsletter. Rick's 5 x 7 photo cards are $3 and his matted photographs are $10.

Your used cell phones and empty ink jet and toner cartridges

can also help fund our ministry. These items fit nicely in the offering basket along with remembrance of time and talent you have offered to our ministries and your financial gifts. Bring them to Sacred Gathering with you.

iGive's October $1K Contest

and $5 New Member Bonuses

= BIGGER DONATIONS for EVOLVE Chesapeake

Each person who joins iGive in October for the first time will obtain a $5 donation for Evolve Chesapeake if they designate Evolve Chesapeake as their cause. No purchase necessary; they just need to try the iGive Button some time up till 1/15/15.

The person who gets the most new members to join iGive in October, designating Evolve Chesapeake as their cause and trying the Button by 1/15/15, will earn Evolve $1,000. Second and third place winners will receive $500 prizes for Evolve.

Share your special Tell A Friend link to get credit for the contest (it's the only way to get credit). Go get the special link from: http://www.iGive.com/html/tellafriend.cfm . You can also spread your iGive link via Twitter, email, blogs, bulletin boards, and handouts all work.

If you have any questions, contact http://support.iGive.com.

Thanks to all who are reading our newsletter and all who send contributions that liven it up! Send your poems, articles, photographs, news, announcements, etc. by Thursday night to: EvolveSylvia@gmail.com. Your ideas on how we can improve Originally Blessed!! are also always very welcome.

Tufted Titmouse - Photo by Rick Dove

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